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Stent crush technique
23 Nov 2018
What do you do when faced with a dislodged and unexpanded stent? Is the stent crush technique a valid clinical response? Learn the pro’s and con’s of this technique here…
Stent loss above or below the common femoral artery
23 Nov 2018
The lost device is now in the iliac artery, but how do you successfully retrieve it without resorting to surgical vascular cut-down? Learn about one possible clinical approach here…
Useful retrieval devices to recover a dislodged or damaged coronary stent
23 Nov 2018
With clinical tools in constant evolution, choosing the right material for retrieving damaged stents and other devices lost in the peripheral vasculature is critical. Find here a useful reference illustrating what is available today.
How to identify the radiopacity of various scaffolds
23 Nov 2018
Scaffold is radiolucent, which requires to have small metal markers embedded in each end so that the physicians can identify the location of the scaffold under fluoroscopy.
Total stent loss with guidewire in situ
23 Nov 2018
While full stent loss during coronary angioplasty is a relatively rare complication it can be managed in various ways. In this section, learn what to do when this occurs in the coronary artery with the guidewire in situ. ...
References in coronary stent loss
23 Nov 2018
Consult the references associated to the clinical research and case reports in coronary stent loss complications.
Partial stent loss in coronary artery: balloon partially within stent
23 Nov 2018
Consult this clinical case by T. Kabir from Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS foundation trust - UK on partial stent loss in coronary artery: balloon partially within stent
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Complications stent loss: I wish I hadn’t started this
23 Nov 2018
Consult this clinical case by P. Calvert and P. Aubry on coronary stent snaring by radial artery: an 82-year-old male with intractable SAP despite optimal medical therapy from the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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Partial stent loss: balloon partially on the stent
23 Nov 2018
Partial stent loss can be caused by a variety of mechanisms linked to different problems with the balloon. Understand this complication and learn techniques for managing it in this section…
Low pressure balloon inflation (3 ATM) allowing for stent retrieval into the guiding catheter
23 Nov 2018
Do you know what is involved in retrieving a stent into the guiding catheter using low pressure balloon inflation? Learn about this technique here...
